CVE-2013-5973

Summary

CVECVE-2013-5973
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-12-23 15:42:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-09 19:34:00 UTC
DescriptionVMware ESXi 4.0 through 5.5 and ESX 4.0 and 4.1 allow local users to read or modify arbitrary files by leveraging the Virtual Machine Power User or Resource Pool Administrator role for a vCenter Server Add Existing Disk action with a (1) -flat, (2) -rdm, or (3) -rdmp filename.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-264

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Vmware Esx 4.0 All All All
Operating System Vmware Esx 4.1 All All All
Operating System Vmware Esx 4.0 All All All
Operating System Vmware Esx 4.1 All All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 5.1 1 All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 5.5 All All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 5.1 1 All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 5.5 All All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 4.0 All All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 4.0 1 All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 4.0 2 All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 4.0 3 All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 4.0 4 All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 4.1 All All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 4.1 1 All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 4.1 2 All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 5.0 All All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 5.0 1 All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 5.0 2 All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 5.1 All All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 4.0 All All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 4.0 1 All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 4.0 2 All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 4.0 3 All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 4.0 4 All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 4.1 All All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 4.1 1 All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 4.1 2 All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 5.0 All All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 5.0 1 All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 5.0 2 All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 5.1 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
JVN#13154935: VMware ESX and ESXi may allow access to arbitrary files JVN jvn.jp
VMware ESX and ESXi Virtual Machine File Descriptors Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
JVNDB-2013-000123 - JVN iPedia JVNDB jvndb.jvn.jp
VMSA-2013-0016 | United States CONFIRM www.vmware.com Vendor Advisory
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
VMware ESX Server Lets Local Users View and Modify Files - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
101387 OSVDB osvdb.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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